Nigeria: Scores Trapped As Two-Storey Building Collapses in Lagos

[Daily Trust] Tragedy struck in the early hours of Monday when a two-storey building collapsed in Lagos with several persons trapped under the rubbles.
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Nigeria: Nigerian Governor Orders Road Repairs After Premium Times Report

[Premium Times] "Government wishes to assure members of the public that, as the rains subside, rehabilitation work will begin in earnest to ensure proper and durable reconstruction of the affected portions," a government spokesperson said.
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Africa: Nigeria’s Building Boom Lifts Lafarge Africa’s Nine-Month Profit By 246 Percent

[Premium Times] A wave of real estate development in the cities and urban centres of Africa's most populous nation, where the government requires $6.25 billion in yearly investment to narrow a housing shortfall, is fuelling demand for building materials, particularly cement.
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Liberia: SRC Begins Construction of New Workers’ Housing Units

[New Republic] The Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) has begun demolishing aging mud housing units to make way for durable two-bedroom concrete homes for its workforce.
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Ethiopia: Signing of Action Plan for NPP Construction Historic Milestone – FM Gedion

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timotheos has described the signing of an action plan for nuclear power plant (NPP) construction with the Russian state corporation Rosatom for nuclear power plant construction as a historic milestone during his official visit to Moscow.
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Kenya: Govt to Build At Least 50 Mega Dams to Irrigate 2mn Acres for a Food Secure Nation – President Ruto

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has announced government plans to build at least 50 mega dams to irrigate irrigate 2 million acres of land and make Kenya food secure.
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Kenya: Govt to Build At Least 50 Mega Dams to Irrigate 2mn Acres for a Food Secure Nation – President Ruto

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has announced government plans to build at least 50 mega dams to irrigate irrigate 2 million acres of land and make Kenya food secure.
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Liberia: CDC Headquarters Construction Begins

[Liberian Observer] The Standard Bearer of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), former President George M. Weah, has broken ground for the construction of the party's new global headquarters, pledging that the project will symbolize unity, resilience, and the party's enduring commitment to the Liberian people.
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Liberia: CDC Headquarters Construction Begins

[Liberian Observer] The Standard Bearer of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), former President George M. Weah, has broken ground for the construction of the party's new global headquarters, pledging that the project will symbolize unity, resilience, and the party's enduring commitment to the Liberian people.
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Nigeria: Kano Govt Revokes Abandoned Building Projects, Unoccupied Houses in Megacities

[Vanguard] The Kano State government has announced the revocation of abandoned building projects and unoccupied allocated houses in the mega cities of Kwankwasiyya, Amana, and Bandirawo in the state.
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